Posted by Tony on Apr 23, 2009 in
General Thoughts
I’m usually pretty open-minded when it comes to reading or hearing the views of foreign journalists about South Africa. I enjoy hearing their perspectives, even if they are sometimes a bit naive and dewy-eyed. Occasionally I will get frustrated that they fail to see a broader picture or take our unique context into consideration. Rarely, though do I find myself getting exercised or angry about what they write or say. Today, however, is one of those days.
A Facebook friend linked to an article in the UK’s Daily Mail titled: “He has four wives and he faced 783 counts of corruption: PETER HITCHENS on South Africa’s next president” and, after wading through the patronising, smug, biased, drivel that followed I wanted to board the next plane, find Mr Hitchens and choke him with his own phlegm.
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Posted by Tony on Apr 22, 2009 in
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marketing
Sometimes writing a blog entry is hard work. Occasionally, though, someone gives you material – an idea, a reference or image to work from – that is so rich, so ripe with possibility it makes you want to hurl yourself at the feet of the giver, weeping with gratitude.
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Posted by Tony on Apr 21, 2009 in
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Like a couple of thousand others I have listened to ANC Spokesperson Jesse Duarte’s interaction with Times journalist Philani Nombembe with my jaw on the floor. If you haven’t yet heard it, listen to it now.
http://multimedia.timeslive.co.za/audio/2009/04/duarte-blows-her-top/
A more deeply patronising, arrogant assault on a young guy just doing his job you’re unlikely to hear anywhere. What makes it even more disturbing is that it also displays a deep ignorance of new media on the part of the ANC’s chief communicator.
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Posted by Tony on Jan 5, 2009 in
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OK so here we are in 2009. And I am painfully aware that I haven’t written a lengthy blog for some time now. That’s not about to change.
I’m still on holiday – on the tail end of a relaxing two weeks in Kimberley (is there any other way to be in Kimberley?) and while I have spent hours staring at my screen, I haven’t spent any time actually writing any actual words. Which isn’t great for a blogger and explains the dip in my Google stats over the last few weeks.
What I do have instead is a list of things I’d like to blog about. Here it is (in no particular order):
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